Married person enjoined from squandering property at suit of spouse
If a married person thinks their spouse is wasting, misusing, or hiding shared property or money, that person can go to court and ask a judge to stop it. The judge can order the spouse to leave the property alone, and can put someone in charge of managing the property to protect the person who filed the case.
452.200. Married person from squandering property at suit of spouse. — Any married person may file a in the , setting forth that his or her spouse, from , or any other cause, is about to squander and the property, money, credits or to which he or she is entitled in his or her own right, or any part thereof, or is to convert the same, or any part thereof, to the spouse's own use, for the purpose of placing the same beyond his or her reach, and depriving him or her of the thereof; and the court, upon the of the case, may the spouse from disposing of or otherwise interfering with such property, moneys, credits and choses in action, and may appoint a to control and manage the same for the benefit of the , and may also make such other in the as they may deem just and proper, and upon the of such petition an may be allowed as in other cases, and such petition shall be filed in the county where said petitioner resides, and the spouse of said petitioner shall be made a to said petition.
(RSMo 1939 § 1682, A.L. 2001 H.B. 537)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1518; 1919 § 1968; 1909 § 2533
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